{"id":489413,"date":"2026-01-03T12:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489413\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T12:31:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T12:31:14","slug":"dallas-rapper-zeethewizard-shot-outside-club-early-on-new-years-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/489413\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas rapper \u2018Zeethewizard\u2019 shot outside club early on New Year\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Up-and-coming rapper \u201cZeethewizard\u201d was one of four people shot Thursday outside a Dallas club. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Family confirmed to WFAA that Zee Cannon, known musically as \u201cZeethewizard,\u201d was among the victims. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Social media was flooded with remembrances of Cannon, but authorities have not publicly released information on the victims of the shooting, and Cannon\u2019s status is not known. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">On Friday morning, several relatives posted on Facebook and Instagram, asking the public to stop speculating about Cannon\u2019s condition. <\/p>\n<p>Crime in The News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Read the crime and public safety news your neighbors are talking about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:190 \/ 127\" class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__2UraD flex-none object-cover dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain dmnc_images-modern-image-module__P3kZ4 w-full\" width=\"190\" height=\"127\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767443474_119_KEPN2P7TP5DRRFEAGEXOZKMSDA.jpg\" alt=\"File photo\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Gunfire erupted shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday at the Pink House Dallas Club, near Empire Central and North Stemmons Freeway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Dallas police officials said several people were injured and four were hospitalized after an \u201caltercation\u201d in the parking lot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Cannon, who is from Oak Cliff and lived in Desoto, began music after an injury dashed his sports ambitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cThe first six, seven months I wasn\u2019t feeling it,\u201d Cannon told a YouTube blog, \u201cOn the floor with chore,\u201d in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I\u2019m putting down, people weren\u2019t picking up.\u201d He credited his inner circle with motivating him to continue. \u201cAin\u2019t nobody finna steer me in the wrong direction, not the people I got around me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Cannon is part of New Dallas, a loose collective of friends who advocate for peace and unity in the local rap scene, which emerged around 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">He released a song in August that has become his most-streamed track with over 87,000 listens on Spotify. After the song\u2019s music video reached 100,000 views, Cannon wrote of the milestone in an August post to Instagram: \u201cWhat a blessing to be in this position \u2026 ain\u2019t no looking back now, let\u2019s keep going.\u201d The video has since amassed close to 640,000 views.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__DAHnF list-disc\"><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2026\/01\/02\/what-to-know-about-dallas-rapper-zeethewizard-after-shooting-outside-club-on-new-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What to know about Dallas rapper \u2018Zeethewizard\u2019 after shooting outside club on New Year\u2019s<\/a><a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-subject-tag-list-only-list-only-module__BZO7y link-blue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/national\/2026\/01\/02\/fbi-says-it-disrupted-a-potential-new-years-eve-attack-inspired-by-islamic-state-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FBI says it disrupted potential New Year\u2019s Eve attack inspired by Islamic State group<\/a><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Up-and-coming rapper \u201cZeethewizard\u201d was one of four people shot Thursday outside a Dallas club. 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